396 CXXXVII. AMARYLLIDEE (BAKER) [ Crinum, 
many in an umbel; spathe-valves 4 in. long; pedicels erect, 14-14 in. 
long. Perianth-tube straight or slightly curved, 4-4} in. long; segments 
linear, ascending, many-nerved, much tinged with red, half as long as 
the tube. Filaments red, as long as the perianth-segments. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Boruma, on the River Zambesi, 
Menyharth, 690! 
8. C. belkianum, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 47. 
Leaves ensiform, about 15 in. long, 14 in. broad, narrowed to the tip, 
scabrous on the margin. Peduncle robust. Flowers many in an umbel, 
pedicellate. Perianth-tube straight, erect, 4-4} in. long; segments 
spreading, lanceolate, above 2 in. long, 4 in. broad. Filaments nearly 
as long as the perianth-segments. 
Lower Guinea, German South-west Africa: Hereroland, Belch, 60D. 
No specimen at Kew. 
9. C. subcernuum, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1881, xvi. 180. Bulb 
large, globose. Leaves lorate, erect. Peduncle moderately stout, 
13-24 ft. long. Flowers 10-15 in an umbel; pedicels sometimes 
1—1} in. long ; spathe-valves large, ovate-lanceolate, reflexing. Perianth- 
tube slender, cylindrical, 4—5 in. long, curved before the flower expands; 
segments lanceolate or linear, greenish-white, with a faint tinge of 
purple, half as long asthetube. Filaments bright red, under 2 in. long ; 
anthers linear, } in. long. Style overtopping the anthers.—Baker, 
Handb. Amaryllid. 84. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Zambesi Delta ; Kongoni River, 
Kirk, 317! Lower Zambesi; Shupanga, Kirk ! 
10. C. purpurascens, Herb. Amaryllid. 250. Amphibious. Bulb 
ovoid, stoloniferous, 2 in. diam. Leaves many to a bulb, suberect, 
moderately firm, waved, bright green, strap-shaped, 14-3 ft. long, 14 in. 
broad at the middle. Peduncle slender, shorter than the leaves. Flowers 
4-6 subsessile in an umbel; spathe-valves lanceolate, 2-3 in. long. 
Perianth- tube slender, tinged with purple, 5-6 in. long; segments 
lanceolate, spreading, half as long as the tube. Filaments purple, nearly 
as long as the perianth segments ; anthers linear, 4-3 in. long. Style 
overtopping the anthers.—Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6525 & Handb. 
Amaryllid. 84, ex parte. 
Upper Guinea. Lagos: Ayesane, Millen, 174 of 1893 collection! Niger 
Delta: Bonny, Kalbreyer, 57! 
Lower Guinea. Corisco Island, Mann, 1878! 
11. C. natans, Baker. Aquatic. Bulb small, narrow-ovoid, sending 
out many long root fibres. Leavesas many as 20 to a bulb, submerged, 
strap-shaped, membranous, waved, 3 ft. long, 1-14 in. broad at 
middle. Inflorescence, perianth and stamens as in C. purpurascens, 
Herb., but stouter. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: near Franziga, Scott-Elliot, 4732! near 
Kurusu, Scott-Elliot, 5542! Gold Coast, Burton & Cameron! Fernando Po, “in 
fresh-water streams,” Mann, 1416! Niger Delta: in running water “just above 
the influence of the sea,’ Kirk ! 
